China and Switzerland conclude an upgraded free trade agreement scrapping tariffs on 99.8 percent of Swiss exports, a pact analysts read as Beijing’s pointed signal to a wary European Union BERN, Aug. 26: China and Switzerland have concluded negotiations to upgrade their twelve-year-old free trade agreement, a deal that will eventually eliminate tariffs on 99.8…
India lifts the customs tariff value of gold to a record 1,500 dollars per 10 grams, raising the effective import tax base as bullion prices surge ahead of the festival season NEW DELHI, August 29, 2026 India has sharply raised the benchmark price on which customs duty on imported gold is calculated, lifting the tariff…
India’s indirect tax board has lifted the benchmark customs value used to tax gold imports, tightening the duty floor under the world’s second largest bullion market at a moment of record global prices, a steep new 15 percent import duty, and a widening national trade deficit. NEW DELHI, August 28, 2026. India’s Central Board of…
India’s customs board has lifted the notified base value used to tax gold imports to a record 1,500 dollars per 10 grams, tightening the squeeze on the world’s second largest bullion market just as global prices flirt with all time highs. NEW DELHI, August 27, 2026. India’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)…
China and Switzerland conclude an upgraded free trade agreement scrapping tariffs on 99.8 percent of Swiss exports, a pact analysts read as Beijing’s pointed signal to a wary European Union BERN, Aug. 26: China and Switzerland have concluded negotiations to upgrade their twelve-year-old free trade agreement, a deal that will eventually eliminate tariffs on 99.8…

President Donald J. Trump has unveiled a new trade framework with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, pitched as a historic win for American workers and exporters. The Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade promises to eliminate barriers, attract $200 billion in foreign investment, and reduce the $38.5 billion trade deficit by 2028. But behind the fanfare,…

President Trump has signaled that the United States and India are “pretty close” to reaching a trade deal, an unexpected development given the recent frictions and policy divergences between the two countries. India’s Ministry of Commerce declined to comment on Tuesday, November 11th, but Trump’s remarks suggest that tariff relief could be on the horizon.…